What is cat vestibular syndrome? Causes and symptoms of cat vestibular syndrome! Vestibule syndrome is a common type of neurological syndrome in small animals, and the causes are diverse. From the perspective of pathogenic sources, it can be divided into central and peripheral. At the same time, it also includes congenital and acquired nature. It is a disease of cats' body dysbalance due to central damage to the vestibular nucleus located in the medulla and partial damage to the vestibular nerve of the 8th brain nerve.
1. Vestibule diseases include primary or secondary primary:
1. Vestibule syndrome in cats: acute, idiopathic, non-progressive vestibular disease. Idiopathic disease, presumably due to Cuterebra fly larvae.
2, congenital vestibular syndrome
loss of hearing, decreased vision, persistent tilt or tremor of the head, and ophthalmic horizontal tremors, and other tests were not characterized.
Secondary include:
①Secondary to tumors
②Central or cerebellar vestibular disease
3, and the causes of peripheral vestibular syndrome include:
①Idiopathic vestibular syndrome;
②Inner ear infection;
③Naropharyngeal polyps;
④ Hypothyroidism;
⑤Tumors, including squamous cell carcinoma, staring adenocarcinoma and lymphoma;
⑥Ototoxicity caused by drugs.
2. Metabolic disease
Portal vein short circuit: the condition worsens after a meal. Visual impairment, blind exercise, depression, lethargy. Occasionally, there are spasms of the hind limbs, blind exercise, intermittent asthma, good appetite, salivation, and sudden vision loss. The BUN biochemical detection value of PSS patients is lower than the reference value, and the detection values of ALT and ALP are in the normal range or higher, and the blood nitrogen concentration is significantly increased. There are urine uric acid crystals. X-ray examination makes the liver small.
III. Endocrine diseases
Hyperthyroidism: Eat more, drink more, and urine more, and excitement, muscle tremble and cry, and weakness, hypertensive retinal dissection blindness.
1. The possibility of Cuterebra fly larvae is extremely small, and cat vestibular syndrome can be ruled out.
2. The retina is intact, no excitement, no symptoms of hyperthyroidism, such as excessive diet and polyuria, can be ruled out.
3. The blood ammonia test value belongs to the normal range, there is no saliva, the symptoms have nothing to do with eating, and the portal vein short circuit can be ruled out.
4. The symptoms of central cerebellarity are not obvious, and secondary vestibular disease can be ruled out.
5. Blood image tests fall into the normal range and can exclude infected diseases such as Listeria.
IV. One of the main types of idiopathic vestibular syndrome, simple vestibular symptoms, acute equilibrium disorder, significant head tilt, judgment disorder, motor disorder, no other symptoms. There is no age limit for cats to have an onset of illness. They often appear in late summer and early autumn. The initial symptoms suddenly appear and then become significantly weaker, which is easily misdiagnosed as spasm seizures and stroke. This symptom should be different from simple otitis media.
V. Treatment measures
For diseases accompanied by infection, antibiotics and corticogenic preparations are used while treating the primary disease. Traumatically, a small amount of sedative can be given to prevent inflammation for a short period of time, or a small amount of cortico-like preparations can be used. In
In the case of endotitis, cortical intoxication may cause purulent ulcers and is prohibited. Sulfonamide formulations can be used caused by Toxoplasma gondii.
The disease will vary depending on the cause and severity of the disease after recovery. More people have good congenital or prenatal cure. Infectious, tumor, B vitamin deficiency and traumatic cases vary by situation.